CANCELLATION NOTICE: This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, in conjunction with FAR 13.5, and as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation; quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. The solicitation number is 4THO21057167 and is issued as a request for quotation (RFQ). The solicitation document and incorporated provisions and clauses are those in effect through Federal Acquisition Circular FAC 01-27. The associated North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) code for this procurement is 334119 with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees. This requirement is unrestricted and only interested offerors may submit a quote. The solicitation pricing on www.FedBid.com will start on the date this solicitation is posted and will end on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 at 10:00:00 Eastern Time or as otherwise displayed at www.FedBid.com. FOB Destination shall be Fort Benning, GA 31905 The GSA FTS Region 4 requires the following items, EXACT MATCH ONLY, to the following: LI 001, Base Unit: 2.8GHz/1MB Cache, Xeon 800MHz Front Side Bus for PowerEdge 1850 (221-5193) Processor: 2.8GHz/1MB, Xeon, 800MHz FrontSide Bus 2nd processor for PowerEdge 1850 (311-3579) Memory: 1GB DDR2 400MHz (2X512MB) Single Ranked DIMMs (311-3586) Keyboard: Dell Quietkey USB Keyboard NMB (310-5542) Monitor: No Monitor Option (320-0058) Video Memory: Riser,ROMB,PCI-X,PE1850 (320-3866) Hard Drive: 73GB,U320,SCSI,1IN 10K;PE1850 (341-0852) Hard Drive Controller: Embedded RAID - PERC4 EmbeddedIntegrated (341-0841) Floppy Disk Drive: 1.44MB Floppy Drive (341-0840) Operating System: W2K3 Server Standard Edition, 5 Client Access Licenses, English for PowerEdge (420-4042) Mouse: USB 2-button Mouse, PE (310-5545) NIC: Dual On-Board NICS ONLY (430-8991) CD-ROM or DVD-ROM Drive: 24X IDE CD-ROM (313-2424) Sound Card: Bezel for PE1850 (313-2421) Documentation Diskette: Electronic Documentation and OpenManage CD Kit, PE1850 (310-5218) Additional Storage Products: 73GB,U320,SCSI,1IN 10K;PE1850 (341-0858) Feature MR1, Drives attached to PERC4ei (341-0865) Feature Rack Chassis w/Rapid Rails forDell, HPQ or other Square HoleRacks, PE1850 (310-5668) Service: DECLINED CRITICAL BUSINESS CRITICAL SERVER OR STORAGE SUPPORT PACKAGE-CALL YOUR DELLSALES REP IF UPGRADE NEED (960-1305) Service: Type 3 Contract-Next Business Day Parts and Labor On-Site Response Initial Year (902-4370) Service: Type 3 Contract-Next Business Day Parts and Labor On-Site Response Two Years (902-3022) Installation: On-Site Installation Declined (900-9997) Service One: OpenManage Server Subscription4 Editions, 1 Year (902-9879) Misc: Redundant Power Supply With Dual Cords,No Y-Cord,PE1850 (310-5213) Online Featured Promotion (462-5260) Army ITES Contract # DABL01-03-D-1008 Not a GSA Vehicle (462-4616) Custom Project Management, Enterprise, Quantity 1 Army ITES PMO (981-5137) CFI,ASCP Contract Servers Ites,Factory Install (366-1121), 12, EA; LI 002, Dell UltraSharp 1704FP Flat Panel with Height Adjustable Stand,17.0 Inch VIS,TAA OptiPlex,Customer Install (320-4044), 28, EA; LI 003, FDSAFCLCD-75FT Major Custom Cable Fiber SC-LC S/M DPLX - 75 Ft. Jumper, 4, EA; LI 004, AT1510EV-BU ALLEN TEL Cat-5E VIP 10 FT. BLUE, 30, EA; LI 005, AT1514EV-BU ALLEN TEL Cat-5E VIP 14 FT. BLUE, 20, EA; LI 006, AT1525EV-BU ALLEN TEL Cat-5E VIP 25 FT. BLUE, 20, EA; LI 007, T1030-712 Chatsworth CABINET TAP SP/SMT 1X30X84, 2, EA; LI 008, 12724-701 Chatsworth T-SRS FAN KIT 200CFM 120 VOLT, 2, EA; LI 009, 12848-701 Chatsworth pwr strp cbnt 66 in H 20OTLTS 15A, 2, EA; LI 010, 107666083 600B2 OFS Term shelf, 2, EA; LI 011, 107671919 12ST1 OFS Coupler panels, 4, EA; LI 012, 105271142 C3000A-2 OFS S/M ST Couplers, 48, EA; LI 013, FAN-BT25-12 CORNING Buffer tube Kits, 4, EA; LI 014, 024E81-61131-24 CORNING S-RN-24-DN-YL-SIC, 140, EA; LI 015, 179890 INTEGRATED CSU, 1, EA; LI 016, 108826884 CP TN464GP DS INTF 24/32, 1, EA; LI 017, 700326457 CSU CABLE 50FT H600383G2, 1, EA; LI 018, 183538 cmc1 grth cab, 1, EA; LI 019, 16 port analog circuit pack, 1, EA; LI 020, Installation Relocate cabinet, add second carrier, relocate, rewire, install and test T1 and test system, 1, EA; For this solicitation, GSA FTS Region 4 intends to conduct an online competitive reverse auction to be facilitated by the third-party reverse auction provider, FedBid, Inc. FedBid has developed an online, anonymous, browser based application to conduct the reverse auction. An Offeror may submit a series of pricing quotes, which descend in price during the specified period of time for the aforementioned reverse auction. GSA FTS Region 4 is taking this action in a an effort to improve vendor access and awareness of requests while expediting its ability to gather multiple, completed, real-time offers. All responsible Offerors that respond to this solicitation MUST submit the pricing portion of their offer using the online exchange located at www.FedBid.com. There is no cost to register, review procurement data or make an offer on www.FedBid.com. Offerors that are not currently registered to use www.FedBid.com should proceed to www.FedBid.com to complete their free registration. Offerors that require special considerations or assistance may contact the FedBid Helpdesk at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or via email at
[email protected]. Offerors may not artificially manipulate the price of a transaction on www.FedBid.com by any means. It is unacceptable to place bad faith offers, to use decoys in the www.FedBid.com process or to collude with the intent or effect of hampering the competitive www.FedBid.com process. Should offerors require additional clarification, contact Betty Day at
[email protected] or FedBid.com at 877-9FEDBID (877-933-3243) or
[email protected]. Use of FedBid.com - Buyers and Sellers agree to use FedBid.com as an independent Venue for buying and selling goods or services, respectively. It is understood that FedBid ranks all bids by price, regardless of the evaluation criteria used by the buyer. Buyers and Sellers understand that a Buyer always maintains all rights assigned under their contracting authority and/or applicable acquisition regulations, and may select the most advantageous bid for the governments purpose while considering offline factors such as delivery, past performance, socio-economic classifications, and source rotation. CCR Requirement - Company must be registered on Central Contractor Registration (CCR) before an award could be made to them. If company is not registered in CCR, they may do so by going to CCR web site at http://www.ccr.gov. The following FAR clauses in paragraph (b) of FAR clause 52.212-5, Contract Terms and Conditions Required To Implement Statutes or Executive Orders-Commercial Items, will apply: 52.222-21, 52.222-26, 52.222-35, 52.222-36, 52.222-37, 52.225-13, 52.232-34. The full text of a FAR clause may be accessed electronically at http://www.acqnet.gov/far. The selected Offeror must comply with the following commercial item terms and conditions. FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors - Commercial, applies to this acquisition. The selected Offeror must submit a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations and Certifications - Commercial Items. FAR 52.212-4, Contract Terms and Conditions - Commercial Items, applies to this acquisition. In addition to providing pricing at www.FedBid.com for this solicitation, each Offeror must provide any required, NON-PRICING responses (e.g. technical proposal, representations and certifications, etc.) directly to
[email protected] (NOT THROUGH FEDBID.COM) so that they are received at that email address no later than the closing date and time for this solicitation. Delivery shall be made within 30 days or less after receipt of order (ARO).